botte
Britishnoun
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Geno Auriemma stepping onto the court to spike a water botte, that helped them, too.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023
"I suppose 'tis that infernal botte de Jesuite that makes you so bold," he added.
From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by Thackeray, William Makepeace
It was originally applied to the fixed outside step, the French botte, then to the uncovered spaces on or beside the step on which the attendants sat facing sideways.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
For nete uppon the erthe, botte to be choughens foode.
From The Rowley Poems by Chatterton, Thomas
He was on his way to preside at that interesting piece of work, more agreeable to horses than to men, which is technically known as la botte.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by M?rim?e, Prosper
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